Congress slams China and Microsoft, praises Google — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Two days after Google stopped censoring search results in China, a congressional panel praised the company's actions while excoriating the Beijing government for its record on Internet censorship and human rights.

Pwn2Own 2010: iPhone hacked, SMS database hijacked — VANCOUVER, BC — A pair of European researchers used the spotlight of the CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacking contest hear to break into a fully patched iPhone and hijack the entire SMS database, including text messages that had already been deleted.

New TiVo Mixes TV and Internet, but Falls Short — TiVo is the most famous third-party set-top box for your TV. The company popularized the idea of digital video recording and, in recent years, also has added to its devices the ability to deliver some Internet video content to the TV screen.

Facebook ‘linked to rise in syphilis’ — Facebook has been linked to a resurgence in the sexually-transmitted disease syphilis, according to health experts. — The virus has increased fourfold in Sunderland, Durham and Teesside, the areas of Britain where Facebook is most popular …

4G in America: Lies, Lies, and More Damn Lies — Listen up America, by the end of this year, and most definitely during 2011, you're going to be bombarded with advertisements that stretch across all forms of media, tempting you to hop on board a 4G network.

Detecting suspicious account activity — A few weeks ago, I got an email presumably from a friend stuck in London asking for some money to help him out. It turned out that the email was sent by a scammer who had hijacked my friend's account. By reading his email, the scammer had figured …

Advertisers Show Interest in iPad — Advertisers initially approached new media as if they were going duck hunting, tiptoeing cautiously into the waters of mobile phones and the Internet. — With the iPad, it's big-game season. — Getting ready for the April 3 iPad introduction …

Hewlett-Packard's Mark Hurd: He Wants It All — The plan to win the battle of the tech titans. — Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Mark Hurd likes things big and simple. His boardroom has a big empty table and a big videoconferencing screen. A large tablet of blank paper leans on a tripod …

Nokia N8 being announced mid-April — We've just been told by a trusted source that Nokia will announce a new flagship device dubbed N8 in the middle of next month. That's not around any major trade shows that we're aware of, but it is just before the company's Annual General Meeting in Helsinki …

Time Warner Cable Getting Ready to Launch WiFi HotSpots — Time Warner Cable, a large cable service provider based in New York City is likely to launch a WiFi initiative, as soon as tomorrow according to those familiar with company's plans. The company's announcement may come as soon as tomorrow.

CBS.com Prepping HTML5 Video Playback for iPad — With the imminent arrival of the Apple iPad, it seems at least one major television network is updating their website to provide video playback support for new tablet device — without Flash. CBS.com's website began displaying a couple of strange …

Inside a global cybercrime ring — (Reuters) - Hundreds of computer geeks, most of them students putting themselves through college, crammed into three floors of an office building in an industrial section of Ukraine's capital Kiev, churning out code at a frenzied pace.

Developers, Websites Respond to iPhone App Payola Story — The iPhone community has reacted strongly to the news that some app review sites have pay-to-play policies. — Wired.com last week reported on payola practices prevalent among several websites dedicated to reviewing iPhone apps.

Collaborative bookmarking with lists — Earlier this month we added stars in search so that you can easily mark and rediscover your favorite websites. Today we're debuting lists in Google Bookmarks, an experimental new feature that helps you easily share those sites with friends.